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Hyderabad, Jan 18: Tension prevailed in University of Hyderabad on Monday over the suicide of one of the five Dalit research scholars following their expulsion from the hostel. Police intervened to shift the body from the campus to the hospital for autopsy as students resisted their attempts, demanding justice to the student's family. They also blamed university authorities and a central minister

New Delhi, Jan 17: A woman tried to splatter Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with ink when he was addressing a thanksgiving rally following the "success" of his government's odd-even road-rationing experiment at Chhatrasal Stadium today. The woman, who appeared to be in her 20s, came close to the lectern when Kejriwal was delivering his speech and showed some papers to him. After some time

New Delhi: A senior RSS leader on Sunday favoured exposing children studying in madarssas to stories of patriotic Muslim personalities to make them love the country "as is required" and urged religious leaders from the community to take an initiative in this regard. "They (children) should be given proper basic training. Children should be taught to love this country, exposed to the life stories

New Delhi, Jan 17: At a meeting in Singur on Saturday, former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee issued an open appeal to the Congress to join hands with the Left Front to defeat Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in the assembly elections due later this year. The thought of a broad coalition against the Trinamool has occupied the minds of a significant section of the CPM

London, Jan 17: Going with the latest set of witness statements released by a UK-based website - freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died as a result of a plane crash in Taiwan. Five witnesses, which include Netaji's close associate, two Japanese doctors, an interpreter and a Taiwanese nurse, have been quoted as corroborating that the founder of the Indian National Army (INA) died on 18

Hyderabad, Jan 17: Almost two months after the incident, YSR Congress MP and close relative of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy , PV Midhun Reddy was on Saturday arrested on assault charges. Midhun Reddy is accused of assaulting a senior staff of Air India on November 26 last year. He was arrested from Chennai airport. Readdy was produced before a court in Srikala, from where he was sent to 14-day judicial

Mumbai, Jan 16: Almost 30 years after late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi visited Dharavi, once ranked as Asia's biggest slum, his son and Congress vice president took out a padayatra (walk) in the same areas here on Saturday. It was meant to pep-up the party organisation for next year's civic elections here on Saturday. Accompanied by a host of senior Mumbai and Maharashtra Congress leaders and more

New Delhi, Jan 16: The latest set of witness statements released by a UK-based website set up to unravel the mystery surrounding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death seem to confirm that the freedom fighter died as a result of a plane crash in Taiwan. Five witnesses, which include Netaji's close associate, two Japanese doctors, an interpreter and a Taiwanese nurse, have been quoted as corroborating

New Delhi, Jan 16: To nail Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh's lie in connection with the Pathankot terror attack probe, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday gave a nod to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to conduct Narco test on him next week. The NIA, which has been probing the Pathankot attack, had questioned Singh, who is allegedly frequently changing his statements, for the

New Delhi, Jan 15: The death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, was not natural but no radioactive substance was found in her body, Delhi Police said today on the basis of report by a medical board of AIIMS which analysed FBI findings on her viscera sample. Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said the high-profile case will be taken to its logical conclusion soon and all